Re: Blinking
I still have my G5, and it continues to run strong and without issue to this day. Sorry you had problems with yours. According to my Apple order form, I placed the order 22 August 2005, with arrival in early September. As I recall, it was specifically ordered shortly after the announcement of the move to Intel CPU's. Aside from upgrading RAM and HDD's, no other hardware mods have been done. The G5 replaced an 8600, that had been used for 8+ years. That was a great system for me too. Only ever had one problem with the 8600. As I left the military, the 8600 was in storage/transport for roughly a month and a half. When unpacked, I had to "zap the PRAM" to get it going again. Maybe I have just been luck with my PPC HW. Jerry Product # Product Description Qty Price Ext Price __ ____ __ Z0BMPMG5 CTO 2.7 DP1 With the following configuration: Processor 065-5747 Dual 2.7GHz PowerPC G5 Memory065-5701 1GB MB DDR400 (PC3200)-2X512 Hard Drive065-5536 250GB Serial ATA-7200rpm Optical Drive 065-5537 16x SD DL(DVD-R/CD-RW) Graphic Support 065-5539 ATI Radeon 9650 XT w/256MB Modem 065-5719 None Wireless 065-5723 None Gigabit Ethernet PCI 065-5734 None Fibre Chl PCI 065-5736 None Keyboard Language 065-5531 Apple Keyboard & Mouse Mac OS Language 065-5543 Mac OS X-Multilingual Server Mac OS Language065-5738 None Apple Software Applications 065-5796None... Spare Characteristic 065-4681 None Country Kit 065-5529 Country Kit On 10/ 9/17 05:15 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: G5s were a beautiful piece of hardware. BUT they were relatively unreliable (soldering, water-cooling, PSU...), and they are way less powerful that subsequent Intel Macs. Besides, they suck power like crazy. :-D I had a 2.7 GHz dual processor with liquid cooling. Great machine, no doubt about it, and a delight to expand; but IIRC its power consumption was around 300 W (my 2009 iMac 24" consumes just around 100 W, screen included), and one day the Ram soldering went kaputt. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?
As a previous poster already commented, USB floppy drives are the way to go. And to carry on, As the Apple world frequently chooses to disregard or forget its glorious past, here is the WayBack Machine archive of the USB floppy drive raid system on a Bondi Blue iMac. <http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20040602201321/http://ohlssonvox.8k.com/fdd_raid.htm> enjoy, Jerry On 07/22/16 05:24 PM, JackMacWindows wrote: Hello, I have an old Power Mac G4 Digital Audio, and I would like to add on a floppy drive to read floppy disks I may find floating around. So I purchased a floppy drive on eBay, but I realized that it has a normal floppy drive connector. Is there any way I could connect this drive to my G4 without buying a new drive or making this external? I did not get this Mac with a Zip drive, so I do not have anything to replace in the 3.5" bay. Note that I have a budget of $25 on this floppy drive project. Also, if I can get this working, is there anywhere I could get a Zip drive bezel? I would not like to have to a) drill into my blank bezel, or b) have no bezel on. Thanks, Jack -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Web sites suddenly blocked
Actually, its Domain Name System. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System On 04/30/13 11:43 AM, gifutiger wrote: Greetings, DNS stands for Directory Name Server and has nothing to do with your router. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Web sites suddenly blocked
Doug, I am not sure I am following you here on the on the RFC 1918 address space issue. Unless a person has set up an internal DNS server resolving private address space, a person would either typically specify the private address directly, or would use a hosts file for internal usage. Can you elaborate further please? On 04/30/13 03:31 PM, Doug McNutt wrote: Just to avoid confusion. In this context DNS is Domain Name Server and is very much associated with your router whenever you use the internet or even access local machines via an IP address like 192.168.xxx.xxx -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Are the G5 power supplies as bad as the G4 was?
I ordered my G5 tower on 22 August 2005, and aside from shutting it off at night, it has been running non-stop pretty much every day since received. Absolutely no power supply problems here. I am also curious about the ATX PS in G4 conversion. I have a copy of Mac OS X server 1.2 that I want to play with. Several of the G4 Macs are on the Server 1.2 compatibility list. Jerry On 03/15/13 02:31 PM, JoeTaxpayer wrote: I've not heard back from the guy selling ATX to MDD (G4) PS converters. Too bad. I know the G5 machines are SATA, but if I am willing to let go of the G4 units, and just transfer the PPc-only software, the G5 should run what I'd like to still access. Is the G5 PS failure rate as high as the MDD G4 series? If you've not read my PS question prior, I now have 4 dead MDD G4's. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Thank you LEM - WAS::: Re: Google Reader going away, now what?
Its often difficult to impossible to understand the reasoning behind a move like this from the outside, and since I do not provide support to LEM first hand, I realize exactly where my opinion weighs. I would ask that some form of a mailing list, such as Mailman, or something similar be retained. I do not plan to follow if the list is moved from a mail list to a web based forum. If LEM end up as only a web based forum, I would like to take this time, when we are all still together as a group, to say thank you to everyone who made LEM happen. It was a great run and I very much appreciated all of the efforts made that kept this list alive. Jerry On 03/14/13 01:11 PM, Jim Scott wrote: Hmm, since Bruce hijacked this thread to talk about LEM going to web forums (another thread altogether), I will compound his error by seconding his visceral hatred of web forums. Add to that the pernicious and apparently unstoppable spread of clubs whereby drugstores, grocery stores, and just about every other seller of something is forcing customers to join their club or be discriminated against with higher prices. They can call it customer loyalty program or whatever BS they want, but I refuse to carry around a piece of plastic to show my fealty to every seller who wants me to buy something from them. And did I mention how I really, really hate people who don't use turn signals, and especially those who think it's perfectly all right to slow down for a stop sign but roll right on through if, in their judgment, it's safe to do so? Be careful about this LEM forum thing, Dan. I understand it makes sense for you in a lot of ways. But the downside is that it very likely will cause the disintegration of a worldwide community of like-minded folks you've spent way more than a decade creating and maintaining. So farewell, Bruce, Dan, Dan and the rest of you who have enlightened my mailbox for years. Jim Scott Eureka, CA -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: They're Following Me...
On 03/ 7/13 02:11 PM, JohnV wrote: Ok, I've always known about the cookies thing and erasing (or not accepting ) them, but things have moved on. How is it that now I am getting several specific singular ads following me around websites, forums and anything else? I clear cookies, You are still accepting cookies? caches and went so far as to dump the entire HISTORY in Safari wondering what it is that identifies me and brings these singular things onto my screen. Any thoughts? John V Also, don't forget to address flash cookies/LSO's. I use the BetterPrivacy Firefox plug-in to address those. And, AFAIK, Ghostery (another Firefox plugin) is probably one of the best options to deal with trackers. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Linux question
Apple doesn't use the BSD kernel, Apple uses the Mach kernel, both for OS X and for the iPhone OS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mach_(kernel) Apple uses the BSD userland in OS X and a reduced subset of the BSD userland on the iPhone. I understand that many iPhone jailbreakers install a full, replacement BSD userland as part of the jailbreak process. Please correct me on this part if you have more details. Jerry On 11/15/12 03:29 PM, Apple Inc chose to encrypt its copy of the BSD kernel, but knowledgeable hackers soon discovered the decryption key, often termed The Poem, which allows a Hackintosh to decrypt Apple Inc's OS X kernel. ANY OF THEM! -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: AM/FM radio tuner for OS X
Thank you for the follow up. I am assuming that you are still using it as it has been a good product for you? Vs. no other alternatives. Griffin still has all the Radio Shark software up and available on their site. Maybe I need to hunt down a Radio Shark 2 and give it a try. The Internet is so full of poor reviews for this product, I was scared to look further. Jerry On 07/19/12 11:16 AM, Jeff Bequette wrote: I still use a radio shark daily to record Rush to iTunes , for shifted listening. (work nights, sleep days) I have the RS1, and can only assume the RS 2 was better. On Jul 18, 2012, at 7:48 PM, Jerry wrote: Does anyone have an AM/FM radio that they would recommend? I know years back that Griffin had the Radio Shark and Radio Shark II. http://www.griffintechnology.com/support/radioshark/ I could pick one of those up from eBay or somewhere, but I never saw a good review for either one of those. Thanks for any comments. Jerry -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Mac OS X Server 1.2 - WAS::::: Re: Updates for Mac OS X?
Thanks for the follow up. I would love to hear if you get it working. As stated earlier, I purchased my Mac OS X server 1.2 from Amazon, but it was used. It included only the OS X server disk + the box and documentation. The web objects disk was missing, but I was OK with that. I wonder if I am missing something else. Jerry On 07/19/12 01:13 PM, Mac User #330250 wrote: -- Original message -- Subject: Re: Mac OS X Server 1.2 - WAS: Re: Updates for Mac OS X? Date:Friday, 13. July 2012 From:Jerry apple.mail.lis...@oryx.cc To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com In April 2011, I found a legal copy of OS X Server 1.2 server on Amazon.com, of all places. I tried a few things to make it work, but was non-successful. I’m just trying to install Mac OS X Server 1.2v3 on my G4 AGP Graphics. I found that the installation disc has two bootable volumes: the first one is a Mac OS 9 (specifically 9.0) boot disc that has the installer on it. You can also use Drive Setup to initialize a volume – so you can choose one for the installation. Knowing that the Cube cannot boot Mac OS 9.0 – there is your problem. Later, I purchased an early G4 from the LEM list that was on the HCL and was still unsuccessful with 1.2. Which Mac did you collect, exactly? (If you’re not sure, you may want to use Mactracker or Onyx to find out, or, if you’re brave: System Profiler). Today, my Server 1.2 box is sitting on my book shelf. I need to get motivated again, and come up with plan C ! You should definitly give it another try. Contact me should you be interested. Cheers, Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: [G3-5]Re: Virtual Intel Mac for G multiprocessors
+1 for Qemu. I have great hopes for it on other platforms also. Till that comes to pass, I can tell you that I have loaded 10.6 Snow Leopard successfully on top of Solaris/OpenIndiana, using VirtualBox and it worked great. Hardware was my Mac Mini. Jerry On 07/18/12 01:56 PM, Douglas Mencken wrote: has anyone really tried to install a post-Tiger, Intel-only Mac OS version on VPC VirtualPC 7.0 doesn't provide enough emulation for stuff like EFI and such. Our faith is QEmu. Help QEmu project as you can, please. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
AM/FM radio tuner for OS X
Does anyone have an AM/FM radio that they would recommend? I know years back that Griffin had the Radio Shark and Radio Shark II. http://www.griffintechnology.com/support/radioshark/ I could pick one of those up from eBay or somewhere, but I never saw a good review for either one of those. Thanks for any comments. Jerry -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: [G3-5]Re: Virtual Intel Mac for G multiprocessors
You are correct. I didn't read the original question carefully enough. Please allow me to gracefully bow out now. Jerry On 07/18/12 07:49 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote: +1 for Qemu. I have great hopes for it on other platforms also. Till that comes to pass, I can tell you that I have loaded 10.6 Snow Leopard successfully on top of Solaris/OpenIndiana, using VirtualBox and it worked great. Note that VirtualBox virtualizes x86; it does not, per se, emulate it. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Mac OS X Server 1.2 - WAS::::: Re: Updates for Mac OS X?
Hello Andreas, Thanks for your reply. I didn't mean for my email to come across as calling you out or anything, it was just really hopeful thinking that someone had this working, and might be willing to share the install instructions. I really haven't tried anything exotic to make this work. When Apple announced 10.7/Lion and announced Rosetta would no longer be included, I figured I better start picking up all the (Apple) boxes I wanted as I have many PPC apps and games that will never be ported to x86. I purchased my cube initially to run OS 9.x. In April 2011, I found a legal copy of OS X Server 1.2 server on Amazon.com, of all places. I tried a few things to make it work, but was non-successful. Later, I purchased an early G4 from the LEM list that was on the HCL and was still unsuccessful with 1.2. Today, my Server 1.2 box is sitting on my book shelf. I need to get motivated again, and come up with plan C ! Jerry On 07/12/12 11:41 AM, Mac User #330250 wrote: -- Original message -- Subject: Mac OS X Server 1.2 - WAS: Re: Updates for Mac OS X? Date:Thursday, 12. July 2012 From:Jerry apple.mail.lis...@oryx.cc To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com If you have successfully got Mac OS X server 1.2 loaded on your cube, please share how you did it. Regardless of this: http://www.rhapsodyos.org/misc/docs_and_faqs/Sys_Req_1_2.html I went ahead and tried on my G4/500 Mhz Cube. Non-successful. I am glad to hear that someone is successful here. Thanks for any comments. I would love to have Server 1.2 loaded on my Cube. Sorry, my fault. I didn’t try it. I had thought that Server 1.2 did support the Cube, but you caught me right away… The Cube is essentially the hardware of the AGP Graphics in a smaller case. I still wonder why it doesn’t work—even 9.0 refuses to boot on the Cube (requires 9.0.4). I will investigate this further. What did you try to get Server 1.2 on the Cube? Did you also try fooling it into believing it was an AGP graphics? (Open Firmware hacking…) Sorry again, Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Updates for Mac OS X?
The OP stated that he had 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4 loaded in his first sentence. Jerry On 07/11/12 12:25 PM, Illirik Smirnov wrote: Shouldn't 10.4 run on a Cube? I'm certain that software update has those. -- -- Illirik Smirnov -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Updates for Mac OS X?
I would put down money that the traffic from all the i-devices alone greatly exceeds the bandwidth of all of the MacOS and Mac OS X updates. Jerry On 07/11/12 12:36 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: Well let's jet say that I personally would not want to have to have a coded server responding to thousands of requests a day to compile a list of installed software on a client that is accessing it and then making it available to hundreds of requests at any given moment to download a variety of locally stored updates. The network traffic alone would cost a fortune. I understand how the Software Update server works and it is much more complicated than it seems. Yes, the files being stored at Apple are part of a static server. It is a much different environment than the Software Update servers and VERY easy to maintain. -- Kyle Hansen -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Mac OS X Server 1.2 - WAS::::: Re: Updates for Mac OS X?
If you have successfully got Mac OS X server 1.2 loaded on your cube, please share how you did it. Regardless of this: http://www.rhapsodyos.org/misc/docs_and_faqs/Sys_Req_1_2.html I went ahead and tried on my G4/500 Mhz Cube. Non-successful. I am glad to hear that someone is successful here. Thanks for any comments. I would love to have Server 1.2 loaded on my Cube. Jerry On 07/11/12 12:54 PM, Mac User #330250 wrote: -- Original message -- Subject: Re: Updates for Mac OS X? Date:Wednesday, 11. July 2012 From:Cameron Kaiser spec...@floodgap.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Shouldn't 10.4 run on a Cube? I'm certain that software update has those. 10.4 runs just fine on a Cube. Yes it does. It also runs 9.0.4 fine… and 9.1/9.2.0/9.2.1/9.2.2, Server 1.2, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 and, not so smooth, but also fine: 10.5. Cheers, Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Apple black box - what is this?
Can anyone identify this Apple item for me please? http://www.oryx.cc/z/apple-what-is-this.jpg Jerry -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G4 4s
The 10.4 to 10.5 transition was where Apple began to take away features. There are a laundry list of items, but most notably here (at least to me) is the loss of the Classic environment, and the ability to run pre-OS X applications. The fact that you are still on PPC shows a willingness to forgo support from Apple. I'm in the same boat. If there is nothing else of value here, make sure you have good backups of everything if you do decide to go from 10.4 to 10.5. I, personally, have never had an issue upgrading to higher level of OS. Going backwards is another story. Please post a follow up on what you ultimately decide. I have taken another route to keep all of my old applications going, and I am curious how other do. Jerry On 10/13/11 07:48 AM, JoeTaxpayer wrote: Any thoughts about upgrading to Leo? I run 10.5.8 on my MDD G4 and it's running very well. It's the last OS that will run on PPC, and I'd expect it will stay supported longer than 10.4. I'm happy I made the jump to this. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Need to Print Thousands of Micro$oft doc scans, Ahhh
strange, it used to be only the softies that relied on file name extensions to determine file type. Apple people had the resource fork and Unix people had /etc/magic . Anyway, you can write a nice script that would be a whole lot more robust, but the quick and dirty way would be to run this from the directory where all of your images are located in an xterm, or in a Terminal.app window: % file * | grep -i tif This would identify your tiff files, and then you can move them off to another directory, or what ever you need to do. Jerry On 05/26/11 20:00, Bruce Johnson wrote: On May 26, 2011, at 5:31 PM, glen wrote: Sooo, the QUESTION: is there any Mac software that will sniff out the .tiff docs and send them to my high speed commercial digital copier and allow me to print the 3000 pages without having to open each tiff file separately to to print it. Or is this just another Mico$oft I got'cha. tiff files are not microsoft files. You can use the OS X command line to achieve this. see http://www.mcelhearn.com/2004/12/08/printing-from-the-command-line/ Yes you should be able to do what you want; but it will take some unix chops. The find command is your friend. So the concept is 'find all the files like *.0001- *.0300 on the CD' and send them to the lp command specifying the high-speed printer.' the find command should be able to do this. Hopefully someone with better unix command-line skills can manage this. Asking on a linux forum may get you some help, if you can't find it here. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Xserve advice?
Xserve systems are *extremely* noisy. Why I am certain one would meet your technical needs, unless you have a way to physically locate the Xserve remotely, then extend the keyboard, mouse and video, I feel that you would be better served by purchasing either a G4 or G5 PowerMac tower. If you do end up purchasing an Xserve anyway, please report back and let us know how it is working for you. Jerry On 06/01/11 23:20, Austin Leeds wrote: Hi all, I'm thinking of buying an Xserve to replace my old desktop PC (a Pentium III 733 MHz), but I've never used or even seen one before in person. I've heard they're usable as desktops, if you've got the room and a good video card—and my room has spaces that would be more blade- server friendly than regular desktop-friendly. The Intel models are out of the question for me (hence why I'm posting here and not in one of the Intel groups), but I'm not sure whether to get the G4 or a dual-G5. I'd be using it basically as a server for my LAN and as a part time workstation. Any advice? Austin Leeds Sent from my iPad -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Car computer
Check out this: http://members.shaw.ca/infonic/icece/ http://bact.blogspot.com/2004/06/sun-e450-as-car-audio.html If this guy can get a Sun E450 working successfully in his ricer minivan, there is no reason a G4 won't work in your car. An E450 is easily 3 to 4 times the size of an Apple G4. Jerry On 05/18/11 00:20, Alexander Gomes wrote: I had a thought and a couple of questions. I was thinking about putting a computer into my car for music and gas mileage tracking, things of the like, and I was wondering what you all might think of it? I know my G4 has passive cooling anyway, and changing the case and power supply would be the biggest thing, but the easiest as soon as I find one that will fit. I'm really wondering what are the thermal limits of them? How well do you think it will fair? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: I am forced to go Intel? Common rant, I guess.
What happened to Yellow Dog Linux PPC? At least at some point in the past when Apple was still on PPC, that was the Linux to run, if you needed to run it on Apple hw. Jerry On 05/10/11 15:58, Alex Barnes wrote: PPC linux has terrible 3rd party support. Most versions of software say linux but don't specify that it's x86 or x64 only. You can pull it off though. You'll need Debian Linux as it has the best PPC support. On May 10, 2011, at 2:08 PM, imrazor wrote: On May 10, 1:46 pm, Doug McNutt dougl...@macnauchtan.com wrote: Give some serious consideration to using ubuntu Linux on a used or otherwise cheap Intel machine. If the OP wants Flash, Linux PPC is not the way to go. Last time I tried Ubuntu on a G5, Flash support was horrible. Had a lot of trouble with Bluetooth as well, though my Radeon 9700 was surprisingly functional. Eric -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Any keyboard key cleaning suggestions? (NOT involving a dishwasher!)
If you truly have yellowing computer components, and they are not just stained by spilling pop on them or something like that, you need Retr0bright http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com Jerry On 04/28/11 14:37, iJohn wrote: STUFF DELETED Usually I would just soak the keys in water dosed with dishwasher soap. But some of these keys are very yellow. Not sure what caused the yellowing and I'm also not sure what I might do to (safely) try to make them whiter? I keep thinking just throw them in a bleach solution and see what happens But that's only because I'm essentially a complete idiot. . ;-) Got any suggestions on how to gently get whiter whites for my keyboard keys? (Maybe I should try soaking them in an OxiClean solution? :-) -irrational john -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: speaker headphones
Jeff; Apple has never used a standard mic input. Their headphone output is a standard 1/8th stereo jack but..the audio input was, for many years, a special jack that was set up for Apple's PlainTalk mic input. It required a PlainTalk headset that had a preamp built into the mic that was powered by a + 5VDC in the Mac. (look up PlainTalk on Wikipedia or Apple). Apple discontinued PlainTalk with the last G4's. The G5's and subsequent have a line Level audio input that requires an external preamp if you intend to use a mic. (actually the early Mac's audio input was line level also, they just boosted the mic signal from mic level to line level all within the headset and special PlainTalk jack. It's a real pain. If you have a G3 - G4 you can probably find a PlainTalk headset on e-bay. I have an old PM 9500 and a G4 with a PlainTalk headset that works just fine. I'm still groping with how to make some kind of headset work with my G5. At this very moment I'm trying build a preamp. I'll probably try USB next if this doesn't work. Jerry. On 12/9/2010 8:27 PM, Charles Lenington wrote: On 12/9/10 11:00 AM, Jeff Bequette wrote: I was looking for a set of headphones with a speaker for VOIP and gaming. Does the front port work with microphone headsets? Has anyone used the 'Optical Audio ports? Or should i go USB or bluetooth? DP 1.8 G5 (June 04) 10.5.8 Jeff When I asked a couple of months back I never received an definite answer. I tried an iMic but it didn't work or it was doa (used). -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Automatic password use
On May 2, 2010, at 6:07 AM, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com May 01 06:32PM -0700 ^ Hi all I have some sites I use such as my Scottrade an bank accounts that auto sign on with the Key Chain app I want to return these to normal but I can't seem to do i. The key Chain help does me no good. Does anyone know how I can go back to needing to type the passwords? Use OnyX. Go to maintenanceinternet and delete everything, especially cookies and form values. J. B. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Terminal tells me I have new mail
On Feb 3, 2009, at 3:07 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: I still don't understand. My OS X System has been continuously upgraded and/or transferred and has a lineage going back many years. My Terminal NEVER has any mail messages, and my var/mail/~user file is empty. I don't know why a program such as ClamAV would produce these mail messages in preference to actual log files unless it's as others have suggested, something related to server versions of software where a system administrator would regularly be using Terminal and the mail message would be a notification of a log entry? Whatever the reason, I'd remove whatever software you've installed that's giving you 1,245 messages from cron jobs. My zero mail messages total is what I believe any client OS X system should have? No? Here's an example of what a mail message looks like in the terminal. Last login: Tue Feb 3 12:54:53 on ttyp1 Welcome to Darwin! You have mail. Macintosh:~ jerrybryant$ mail Mail version 8.1 6/6/93. Type ? for help. /var/mail/jerrybryant: 1 message 1 new N 1 jerrybry...@macintos Sun Apr 27 22:02 21/1005 Cron jerrybry...@mac Message 1: From jerrybry...@macintosh.local Sun Apr 27 22:02:31 2008 X-Original-To: jerrybryant Delivered-To: jerrybry...@macintosh.local From: jerrybry...@macintosh.local (Cron Daemon) To: jerrybry...@macintosh.local Subject: Cron jerrybry...@macintosh /Users/jerrybryant/Library/ Application\ Support/Maza\ Digital/Email\ Backup\ Pro/ emailBackupPro.sh /Users/jerrybryant/Library/Logs/EmailBackupPro.log X-Cron-Env: SHELL=/bin/sh X-Cron-Env: PATH=/usr/bin:/bin X-Cron-Env: LOGNAME=jerrybryant X-Cron-Env: USER=jerrybryant X-Cron-Env: HOME=/Users/jerrybryant Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:02:21 -0500 (CDT) mkdir: /Volumes/Backup/Apple Mail Backup/temp: File exists mkdir: /Volumes/Backup/Apple Mail Backup/temp/Mail: File exists mkdir: /Volumes/Backup/Apple Mail Backup/temp/AB: File exists Just guessing, but apparently processes that access Cron Daemon leave mail behind. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
